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When you consider the question

When you consider the question OF
necessary food for field hand you will
see that it costs little. A hand can live
we'll on s1.75 a month, provided his cook
ing has not to be paid for. A bushel Of
meal costs 80 cents, a fourth of pound
of meat day will cost 55 cents, and that
leaves 40 cents for molasses, salt and
other extras. That will bring the living
up to $21 year. The farmer who boards
his hands can do it at this price, if he
attaches no valrs to his vegetables and
fruit and the occasional chicken.pie on
extra occasions. If any one should hire
a dozen hands and hire cook for them,
they could be boarded at $40 each year.
Living is now cheap. 1t is waste and
extravaganza that ruin most people
Car.sina Spartan.
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= The Senate has passed two bills
providing for our coast defenses, appro-
priating s21,OOO,OOO for that purpose.
This is only one sixth of the amount re-
ported for that purpose by competent
engineers. A board, composed of four
army officers, two naval officers, and
two civilians, was appointed to make an
elaborate report on the needs of our
coast defenses. The report is the fullest
and most reliable of any that has been
prepared. The board found that New
York, in order to be secure, would re-
quire defenses costing s23,94s,5O0; San
Francisco, s27,S6S.l5O; and 25 others
which also need defense, including
Charleston, and so on, would carry the
grand total to sl26,377, 800. The report
points out that half a century ago the
estimate made of the cost of coast de.
fense then developing was SGT ,131 ,541,
being at the rate of 3.75 per head.
With the population in 1880, the esti-
mate of s26, ,S77 800 for an entirely new
and more formidable system is at the
rate of only 1852 per head. At the es.
timated population of 1887 it is more
nearly at the rate of 1925 per head.
Meanwhile the valuation of property to
be defended is twelve times as great to-
day as in 1910. The amount appropri.
ated by the senate is for guns as we'll as
for forts, for our vessels are as much in
need of better armaments as are our forts.
The two new steel cruisers ordered by
the last session of Congress will be of
little use unless they are provided with
batteries of modern guns. But We have
in this country no place where such gurs
can be constructed and SS,000,000 of the
appropriation is for the establishment of
a naval gun factory at Troy, N. Y.
This leaves sl3,O0O,0OO, or about one
tenth the sum required for coast defenses,
to be expended for that purpose. AS
the surplus in the treasury is about $780,
100000, which is constant temptation
to extravagant expenditures, it will be
better to devote it to erecting coast de.
fences that will be of permanent benefit
to the country, rather than fritter it
away in jobs. The Disturbing Of this
surplus in this manner will get it quicker
into the hands Of the laboring masses of
the country than if paid on the debt.
- 1t is stated that the Gear Of Russia
secretly visited Paris and had a personal
interview with President Grevy, few
weeks ago. He travelled in disguise,
accompanied by two attendants and big
dog, and during his stay in Paris lived
in retired private house occupied by
| the Grand Duke Nicholas.
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ENas
Miss Nora Hubbard's school celebrated
fWashington's birth day. The exercises
consisted of essays, recitations and
speeches. It has seldom been our fortune
to see programme so nicely arranged
and SO admirably executed: Anxious
parents watched the performances with
evident nervousness, aud right royalty
were they paid for their coming. The
girls read with that exactness, accuracy
and ease that pointed unmistaknbly to
the training they had received. Miss
Hubbard han right to be proud of her
school, and We believe she is. Surely
those children will long remember the
interesting incidents they learned of
Washington's public and private life.
Every piece read and almost every speech
made referred in some way to some phase
of the hero, character, or touched some
secret spring that controlled his eventful
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"A well known minister was sent
South from New Jersey few years ago
to labor amorg the colored people. They
received him with many demonstrations
of joy, and at the first meeting which he
held one colored preacher prayed for him
with great earrestness thus: 20 Lord
Bless dis yer dear brudder what's come
down from the Mort to preach de Gospil
to us. 'Noint him with the kerosene Of
salvation, and set him on fire."
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While on our rounds through Garvin.
ne strayed across the line and found our
way into private school taught by Mr..
George Stone at Piagah, in Brushy Creek.
This is Mr.. Stones FIRST experience as q
teacher, but, judging from the length Of
the switch we chanced to discover be.
hind the black; ;boad, he means to let the
children know once for all that he is
boss. The school is not large, but seemed
to be unusually earnest while we we're
there. The house is new building and
nicely gotten up. We see no reason
why the children may not be comfortable
there.
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- Our teachers, we know, are anxious to
hear something of the Teachers Institute.
II will be remembered that our purpose
was to have the next institute at Sandy
Springs camp ground. That has been
our pet scheme, but proposition comes
from the School Commissioner Of Green
vile to hold a joint Institute at Pied
mont, Pelser, or Williamson. The
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TEAeHEiRs'GoLUMN,
y. q. CLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
You may fail to teach your pupils
geography-does your every day life
teach them the Importance of Christian
character? If not, you are out of place.

The recent rains and sickness in his
family have seriously interfered with the
Commissioners 7iaitations among the
schools. He proposes, however, to visit
every school in the county during the
session.
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= What is my opinion Of misfortune? (?
It is man W out an umbrella On a
rainy day.
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i w must insist again that the trustees
5giFesmore attention to their books than
the majority of them have cone in the
past. Many of the trustees keep no
books at alf-they know nothing Of what
work they actually do; and others simply
EeepsaIecord of the amount oftheclaims
they approve. To correct management
of the school business it is absolutely
necessary that the trustees keep an exact
record of the amounts approved, the
number of pupils enrolled during the
session and the average attendance. It
would require but very little time to do
this, and it is the only means that will
enable the School Commissioner to make
q correct report to the Superintendent of
Education, or apportion the school fund
accurately and correctly among the sew.
eral districts. Besides, this careless
management of some trustees creates
endless confusion in this and the treas
urer's Office. Especially is this the case
when trustees overdraw. True, trustees
are paid nothing for their sesvies. In
our Judgment, they ought to be bonded
and paid officers; but they are not, and
can only be forced to look after school
business closely by that pride which
ought to. be found in the breast of every
man who consents to assume the respon-
sibilities of so important an Office. The
School Commissioner has had some blank
reports printed and sent to every board
of trustees. He must insist that the
trustees give this matter their attention
and be prepared to send in an intelligent
report Of the standing of their district at
the end of every school year. If there
are any trustees who feel that they can
not spare the time and energy necessary
to enable them to make these reports, it
is their duty to send in their designations
at once. If the trustees have not, up to
this time. kept the necessary data to
enable them to fill out the blanks we
send them, let them begin at once and
keep matters straight henceforth.
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The old Slabtown school in the palmy
days. of its founder, the lats John l..
Kennedy, waa one of the grand institu.
tions of upper Carolina. Many of
Carolina's most eminent men received
instruction within her walls. But Mr..
Kennedy passed away, other classical
schools sprang up in the country and the
Shutdown Academy went down.. For
many years the educational facilities in
the neighborhood of Shutdown have been
very limited, the school being one of the
common sort, changing teachers every
session, and accomplishing but little
good. We are glad to know that this
condition of affairs is about to come to
an end. The people in that neighbor.
hood, like those in many other sections,
are beginning to see their possibilities.
Mr.. J. p. Smith, a young man reared in
their midst, has been put at the head Of
the school, and, is rapidly building up a
school that bids fair to be worthy of the
reputation Slabtown once enjoyed as an
educational center. Let the good people
there continue to hold up his hands and
give him the support he desires. They
have just completed a nice, new church
let this spirit of improvement and pro.
gress continue to manifest itself in the
speedy erection of handsome school
building. The house now occupied by
Ml.Smith and his large school is too
SfnaH for effective work. The benches
and desks are not such as might be ex-
pected in community of that kind. We
found Mr. Smiths school we'll posted,
however, and could not resist painful re-
Elections as to what they might accom-
plish with more comfortable and con-
venient surroundings. Aided by his en-
ergetic assistant, Miss Boggs, Mr.. Smith
has already accomplished great good
there, and, with the proper support of
his patrons, will build up firm school
there.
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The message of the President to
Congress vetoing the pension bill that
recently passed both houses of Congress
is state paper of great ability, in which
he discusses the question in fair and
statesmanlike manner. 1t is difficult to
discuss the question without exciting the
feeling in the minds Of prejudiced people
that there is au opposition to the grant
ing of pensions to soldiers in the late
war. But the idea of pensions seems to
have run riot in Congress. When the
arrears of.pensions act was before Con.
gress in 1879 it was officially declared
that the extreme cost to the country
would not exceed s25,0Oo,OOO, and it was
passed. Up to June 80, 1885, the bill
had cost the government $4,000, 900,
and there remained over 100000 claims
unadjusted. If 60 per cent of these
claims are allowed it will add $50 900, 900,
which will bring it up to s259,0O0, 900.
1t has already cost the government S21S,.
100000. The bill that the President
vetoed changed the whole system of
pensions in the country because it gave
pension not for disability incurred in
the service of the government, but fer
the service itself, and would have cost
about S72,00O,000 year. The effect Of
the bill would be most mischievous, as it
offered great inducements to fraud.
Europe wants more horses. Autic.
ipating trouble, Germany and Austria
have already issued proclamations for
bidding their expectation, and France
and Russia are expected 10 do Likewise.
Germauy's cavalry equipment, in The
event of war, would require 100000
horses; that of France 975 900; of Aus
ttia 100000, and Of Russia 100000.
Great Britain is also short in horse flesh,
the greater part of its 100000 horses
being used for draught, hunting or racing
purposes. In this connection, it is said
that representative Of the French gov.
ernment is negotiating with Mr.. Charles
McCafferty, the we'll known horse dealer,
who is now in Columbia. for the purchase
of several hundred head of horses. Mr..
McCaferty says that he could, upon short
notice, supply first class mounts for sev.
eral cavalry regiments.
There is queer Evangelist now
holding religious meetings in Denver.
Here are some Of his dogmatic utteran.
ces: "No man who wears tight pants can
be Christian, and no woman who pays
four dollars for an eight-button pair of
kid gloves can enter the Kingdom OF
Heaven. see your girls are inclined 10
kick at that, but I don't care, Hell is
full Of people who kicked at the truth. F"
= The affections of man who is
proved to be false are valued at over
$4,000. How valuable are the affections
of true man?
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whose continuance their own thriftless-
ness and self-indulgence are mainly ac.
countable for.
100000, 900 YEAR FOR DRINK.
The Knights of Labor refuse to admit
aaloon-keeper or liquor dealer to their
ranks, but the laboring element in the
United States spends fully s6OO,O0O,OOO
every year for drink that is damage to
it.. If so per cent. of this sum were
saved fund could be established in two
years which, if wisely mar .ged, would
place all the poor of the land beyond
destitution. But we must remember that
if the workingmen do not show the
highest wisdom in this respect they are
quite as advanced as the society to which
they belong. The relationship of the
saloon to crime is notorious. 1t is not
indeed true, as sometimes alleged, that
professional criminals, such as burglars,
sneak thieves, pick-pockets, confidence
men, &C., are prone to drink. These
classes are strictly temperate, as rule
and as a matter of business. But it is
true that three fourths of all crimes Of
violence, such as assaults, assaults to
murder homicides and murder, are com.
mitted under the influence of drink.
Our police justices are called perpetually
to deal with mass of brutal crime which
| is almost wholly the sequence of drink,
and in all our great cities the taxpayer
has to provide constant sustenance for
the considerable number of chronic
drunkards.
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all classes of men and increases the fric-
tion of the progressive effort immensely.
Of that there can be no doubt But
where it's heaviest and keenest suffering
falls is upon the women of the land.
The miseries Of the mothers, wives and
daughters of drunkards do not need re.
peating. They are apparent on every
hand.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-03

is rather noticeable building on the
whole, large, square and old-fashioned,
it forms striking contrast to the flaming
red brick buildings all about it. But
though oldfashioned and plain without,
it is one of the most elegantly furnished
homes in Washington.
The large high pitched reception rooms
are finished in dark oak and furnished
with a prodigal though withal tasteful
hand. But on the whole the place does
not suggest homa, and neither is it in
the common acceptance Of the word. The
Whitneys are lavish entertainers and the
place is always full of people, crowded
it could hardly be. But the Secre-
tary is rarely there. and don't suppose
he spends an average of two wax
ing hours at home unless there is an en-
tertainment. Nearly every evening he
is out to dinner, ball or reception, and he
is at his Office in the morning often before
the majority of his clerks. He rides down
to the department in splendid landau,
with the monogram "W. G. W." con-
spicuous on the heavy silver harness and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-03
TIE LATEST BEAUTIFIER.
Society Women, Artists, and Even the Men
Sing It's Praises.

Society Women, artists, and Even the Men
Sing It's Praises.
special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, May 2.-When Adelina
Petit Sarah Bernhardt, Lilly Langtry and
all the great artists and professional
beauties of the period are singing the
praises of another woman, it is natural
that the most f9stidious among the socie-
ty ladies of the land should Join in the
approving chorus. Whatever is the Sc
cret by which Madam ReCamier pre-
served her famous beauty it has become
the precious Inheritance of Harriet Hub
bard Ayers, who now enjoys the repuUa-
ton OF being the best known woman in
New York. This fact has forced that
self-sacrifeing lady from the secluSiOn
Of private life and the delights of litera-
ture and art to the public position OF g
popular benetaCtress. She has been in
duCed to forego pleasure for business, and
has been placed at the head of q greet
commercial enterprise to which the secret
has been intrusted under seal for the BEN
eft of all women of future generations
after she herself shall have passed away
from earth. Among Mrs. Ayers most
valued treasures are the autograph letters
she has received from AdeIins Patti,
Sarah Bernhards Madam Modjeska.
Fannie Dsvenpott, Mrs. James Brown
Potter, Mrs. LaHgtry, Helen Dauvry,
Agnes Booth, Lillian Russell,
Maud Harrison, Gertrude Griswold,
Virginia Drehr. Madeline Lucette, Pau
line Hall. Maria Jansen, Ella Wheeler
Wilcox and many other professional
people as web as society ladies whose
names for obvious reasons s1eewtH not
divulge. Madame Patti in her natural en-
thusiasm wants every artist to use the
preparation on the principal that a thing
of beauty is Joy forever and has shipped
large supplies to her castle in Wales for
her personal use and glts to friends.
Both Patti and BerIfhardt declare
never have they knoWn or heard
of such delightful cosme-ic
since women have employed artificial
aids to beautify. The CluJmen have now
succumbed TO the popular fascination and
have set the fashion to the gentlemen of
the metropolis of using the5eresm after
shaving because 1t imparts such 7 leas-
ant feeling to their faces. Mrs. Ayers is
happy in her new sphere Of labor and per-
sists in her personal supervision of the
operations in the lab Orstory although her
physicians have advised her to be careful
of herstrength and to avoid themalady
ofs0Ssrwork, which they say is oneef the
most serious of American business life.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-03
Slavery In Brazil.
The Rio y VS..

In accordance with The regulamentU OF
the Saraiya- Cotegipe law of September
%, 1885, the year specified for the new
registry of slaves expires on the 3lst in
slant. II all the reports he true, very lit
tie attention has been paid to the
matter and only a small percentage
of the slaves have been regis
tered. If the law were to be
strictly enforced I'll unregistered slaves
would be declared free Just as soon as
the registry is closed, but there is very
little likelihood this will be done. Under
the Rio BrancO law of 1871, a year was
given for the registry Of all slaves, and
when it was found that the shareholders
had not attended TO the matter, another
wear was given to them to do what
ought to nave been done IN three
months. Even then, large number of
slaves remsined unregistered, which IN
der the provisions of the law were legally
free. But they were kept IN slavery in
spite of all this, and subservient gov
eminent now sanctions the wrong and
gives the masters another chance to reg
lister them as their legal property.
The whole history of the emanCi-
patton movement in Brazil IS full OF
evasion Of the law, and of Legislative and
administrative remedies to protect the
slave holders from the consequences of
their own illegal acts. And we shall not
be the least surprised to see them now
ask for an extension of the time fer regis
tration and to see the COtegipe cabinet
make ell haste to braut it. A pro-
slavery cabinet IS not going to be hard
or the nen who are doing every
thing they can to proiong the institution
of slavery in Brazil, nor are slave holders
going to yield farming of the indemniti
cation which they have determined to
wiring out of the country. Slavery is not
an institution which instills generous In
pulses int the hearts Of those whose pur
poses it serves; on the contrary, it rem
ders the dominant race hara, selfish and
despCtlc.
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built some years ago and cost $4,000.
When completed it gave rise to great
deal of talk, so different was it from the
old time routine of brown stone fronts
and piled up sameness. tits very pictur-
esque without being the least obtrusive
and has maintained it's place among
the later and more pretentiOus hous es
within its vicinity. Within doors the ar
rangement is such as to lit it for fine en-
tertainments and society events. In its
fittings and furniture it is one of the
most tasteful of millionaire residences,
and the architect with his trained eye for
the beautiful, has given the decorators
every opportunity for elaborate display.
Recently il has been completely refur-
nished at an expense of more than $780,
900, and to-day shows some OF the latest
designs from the decorators studios.
Then there is q beautiful cottage at
Len0X, Mass, the great resort fer fash
ION in the autumn. The WhitneYs gen
orally spend couple CT months here in
autumn, and they are among the leaders
Of society here as elsewhere. The fash
ionable Whirl of Washington society com.
mences with the opening of Congress in
December, and Mrs. Whitney is estab
Iished here by that time and stays unit
the early summer months. There is 6
lull in society, city gayeties are passed
and it is yet too early for the mountain;
or the seaShOre. Where is this month OF
six weeks to be spent? Why TO be sure
at Grasslsnds, the country seat just outside
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-03
ALTAR AND TOMB.
The Gazette's Record OF the Marriages
and Deaths In Texas.


| MARRIAGES.
| Robert Calvert and Mrs. M. Campbell,
McGregor, April 81.
! Robert Y. Chancellor and Miss Bette
Lee, Fairfield, April "a.
| J R. Bonner and Miss Norma Stayton,
Victoria, April 81.
| &c, Sloan and Miss Bss lie Flewellen,
Washington county, May 4.
| D. W. Barnhill and Miss M. l.. Crisp,
| Bracket, April 27.
Joe Garrison and Miss Jessie Waiting;
Lewisville, April 26.
D. V. Singleton and Miss V. c. Hook,
Ersth county, April "a.
DR.. George II. Rice and Miss Ada
Maudsley, Bandera, April 80.
J. W. Belts and Miss Frances Bob,
Houston, April 81.
EN-. Williams and Miss Emma Mofat,
Houston, April 81.
DR.. 81. II. Brown and Miss SalIie NJ.
King, Dublin, April 81.
John W. Maxey and Miss Anna Borad-
man, Austin, May 4.
Lee Tharp and Miss Fannie Robertson,
near DaVilla, April 81.
Frank Adams and Miss Clara Simmons,
Comanche, April 20. q &
C.P. Verify and Miss julia Gibbs,
Terrell, April %.
DR.. Thomas o. Butler and Miss Lottie
Cornell, Pleasanton, April %.
W. NJ. L. Marshall and Mrs. Catherine
Russell, Pleasonton, April 25.
W. G. Ray and Miss Cora L. Evans,
Weatherford, April "a.
Mr.. Grain and Miss Emma Miller,
Secco, April "a.
Edward Hamon and Miss Minnie Cra-
vens, Santa Anna, April %.
IA. L. Schuesler and Miss NJ. l. Cat
ing, Mason county, April 81.
r. A. Doak and Miss Leila Murrie,
GAINESVILLE, April 81.
l. W. Mckinney and Miss Hattie burst,
Leon county, April p.
W. D. Slaton and Miss Zula Johnson,
Henrietta, April 26.
DEATHS.
Mrs. Betsey Reed, Gober, April 26.
Hugh Cox, near Bonham, April %.
E. W. Fulton, Houston, April %.
w. B. Mccormick, Weimar, April 90
W. Dannely, Caldwell county, April %.
Benjamin Mcfarland, near OVilla,
April "a.
C.. W. Oliver, Lancaster, April 25.
Mrs. Ella Arrander, Mobeetie, April 81.
Miss Della jackson, Mobeetie, April %.
Jesse Baxter, Grayson county, April
30.
Thomas Neal, near Bonham, April 26.
Mrs. e. M. Savage, Clear Creek, April
%.
Mrs. NJ: E. Thompson, Wills Point,
April %.
M. W. Cameron, Salado, April IS.
A. j. Parker, Walton, April q.
j. a. Doak, Pleasanton, April "a.
Mrs. NJ. F. King, Kingston, April %.
MIS-. Catherine Duncan, Ballinger,
April 26.
J. L. Russell, Canton, April "a.
Walter M. Robinson, Galveston, April
%.
VIM. BeIIer, Colorado, April 30.
Blanche SpiIler, Danville, April 81.